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EP1157034B1 - Verfahren zur herstellung von diphtheria toxin - Google Patents

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EP1157034B1
EP1157034B1 EP00906484A EP00906484A EP1157034B1 EP 1157034 B1 EP1157034 B1 EP 1157034B1 EP 00906484 A EP00906484 A EP 00906484A EP 00906484 A EP00906484 A EP 00906484A EP 1157034 B1 EP1157034 B1 EP 1157034B1
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Fahar Intelligene Expressions Inc. MERCHANT
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  • the present invention relates to a process for producing mutant forms of diphtheria toxin, and in particular to a process for producing a non-toxic mutant of diphtheria toxin, for example the mutant known as CRM107, and a toxic conjugate thereof, which can be used for therapeutic purposes.
  • Diphtheria toxin is a proteinaceous toxin which is synthesised and secreted by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, i.e. strains which are lysogenic for a bacteriophage carrying the toxin gene. It is initially synthesised as a 535 amino acid polypeptide which undergoes proteolysis to form the toxin which is composed of two subunits, named A and B, joined by a disulphide bond. The A subunit is the enzymatic domain. It catalyses the ADP ribosylation of Elongation Factor 2, thereby inactivating EF-2.
  • EF-2 is an essential enzyme involved in protein synthesis, and its inactivation results in cessation of protein synthesis and death of an 'infected' eucaryotic cell.
  • the A subunit is only active intracellularly, but since alone it is unable to bind to or cross the cell membrane it is not toxic when applied extracellularly.
  • Diphtheria toxin is highly cytotoxic; a single molecule can be lethal for an 'infected cell' and a dose as low as 10 ng/kg can kill animals and humans. There has thus been some considerable interest in investigating therapeutic strategies which utilise the toxic A subunit.
  • the native toxin whilst being highly cytotoxic is non-specific, i.e. it will attack any cell which carries a receptor for the B subunit.
  • mutant forms of the diphtheria toxin have been reported which are deficient in the cell binding and/or translocation function.
  • These include toxin molecules which have a mutation in the B subunit which results in reduced binding to cells, such as for example mutants CRM9, CRM 45, CRM102, CRM103 and CRM107, as described by Nicholls & Youle in Genetically Engineered Toxins, Ed: Frankel, Marcel Dekker, Inc, 1992.
  • the resulting toxin molecules are essentially non-toxic since the A subunit is unable to reach its site of action. These mutations can have a dramatic effect.
  • CRM107 has an amino acid substitution at position 525, where serine in the native toxin has been replaced by phenylalanine, resulting in a more than 1000 fold reduction in the cell binding property with little or no effect on the translocating properties of the B subunit.
  • the A subunit in such mutants is unaffected, and, if it can be targeted into the cytoplasm, is as toxic as the native toxin.
  • cytotoxic drugs there is thus interest in utilising these mutant forms of diphtheria toxin to target specific cell populations without affecting normal cells, by modifying the mutant toxin by linking it in some way to a moiety which is capable of binding to cells, and in particular to a moiety which is specific for certain cells or cell types, such as an antibody to a specific receptor, or a moiety such as a protein for example transferrin, which has a binding partner e.g. in the form of a receptor expressed only or at least predominantly on the surface of cells which are to be killed.
  • a binding partner e.g. in the form of a receptor expressed only or at least predominantly on the surface of cells which are to be killed.
  • modified forms of mutant diphtheria toxin such as modified CRM107 may be used is in the treatment of certain cancerous conditions, and in particular malignant gliomas.
  • Malignant glioma is the most common CNS neoplasm in adults. No therapy is currently available and prognosis of patients with high grade gliomas, anaplastic astrocytomas and glioblastoma multiforme is thus bleak, with death usually occurring within one year of diagnosis.
  • Mutated diphtheria toxin CRM107 particularly in the form of a targeted conjugate, provides a therapy for conditions such as this, and in particular, conjugates of CRM107 with the iron binding protein transferrin.
  • mutated diphtheria toxin-transferrin conjugates may be selectively targeted to neoplastic tissue, where the toxin is internalised, and the A subunit kills the 'infected' cell.
  • diphtheria toxin For clinical use, large quantities of mutant diphtheria toxin are needed. There are however problems in producing diphtheria toxin from toxin producing strains of C . diphtheriae, and moreover, difficulties have been encountered in scaling up laboratory scale fermentation conditions to produce sufficient quantities of toxin, and in particular mutant forms of diphtheria toxin, for therapeutic use. Thus there are problems in obtaining toxin in sufficient yield and purity and large scale production thus tends to be inefficient. These difficulties need to be overcome in order to be able to exploit the promise of these so-called targeted mutant toxin derived drugs.
  • diphtheria toxin production is dependent on the conditions under which the producing strain is grown.
  • both iron content of the growth medium and the carbon source which are essential for bacterial growth have been found to have an effect on toxin production.
  • iron in large concentrations has an inhibitory effect upon toxin production, in other words, toxin production is negatively regulated by iron.
  • low iron growth media is used, with iron generally in the range of 50 - 100 ⁇ g/l.
  • glucose is commonly used as a carbon source for bacterial growth
  • C. diphtheriae can affect diphtheria toxin production.
  • acidic fermentation products including acetic, formic and lactic acid, at least some of which are thought to be bacteriostatic and even possibly bactericidal for the bacteria.
  • Glucose fermentation thus can affect the rate of bacterial growth with corresponding effects on toxin production.
  • the acidic fermentation products may have an effect on the stability of the toxin.
  • This method for the production of diphtheria toxin wherein a microorganism capable of producing diphtheria toxin is fermented using glucose as a carbon source, comprises adding glucose to a growing culture whereby the addition of glucose maintains a microorganism growth effective to support diphtheria toxin production.
  • the term 'diphtheria toxin' is used to refer to the naturally occurring protein, as well as mutated forms, particularly for therapeutic purposes mutated forms of the B subunit which have reduced or no binding function whilst retaining at least a degree of translocation function and preferably retaining at least some A subunit enzymatic activity, variants for example proteins which have amino acid substitutions, additions or deletions and fragments thereof, particularly fragments which retain the cytotoxic activity of the A subunit.
  • the method of the invention may be used to prepare the naturally occurring diphtheria toxin, as well as mutant forms, such as the aforementioned non-toxic mutants such as CRM107.
  • the naturally occurring diphtheria toxin may be obtained from toxin producing strains available from a variety of publicly available sources including the American Type Culture Collection.
  • CRM 107 may be obtained from the strain Corynebacterium diphtheriae monolysogen C7 ⁇ tox 107 , which is obtainable from National Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Rockville MD20852, USA (Dr Richard Youle). Mutant forms of the toxin, such as the mutant forms described by Laird et al, J.
  • Virology 19, 220-227, 1976, and by Nicholls & Youle in Genetically Engineered Toxins, Ed: Frankel, Marcel Dekker, Inc, 1992, including CRM107, may also be prepared by methods known in the art, for example by the methods described in Laird et al (supra) or by expression in C.
  • diphtheriae or other microorganisms using the techniques of recombinant DNA technology (Sambrook et al, Molecular Cloning, a Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989), and also by site directed mutagenesis, based on the known nucleotide sequence (Greenfield et al, Proc Nat Acad Sci 50, 6953-7, 1993) of the wild type structural gene for diphtheria toxin carried by corynebacteriophage ⁇ .
  • glucose is added as required to a growing culture, preferably an exponential culture, more preferably a late exponential phase culture, and/or may be added as required to a growing culture in stationary phase, preferably a batch fermentation culture.
  • This method contrasts with conventional batch fermentation, wherein an initial supply of nutrients is not renewed, and thus the culture grows exponentially for only a few generations until an essential nutrient is exhausted, and with conventional continuous culture in which fresh growth medium is added continuously at a constant rate whilst culture is simultaneously removed resulting in much longer exponential growth periods.
  • the fed batch method offers an advantage over prior methods which utilise glucose as a carbon source for growth of C. diphtheriae and synthesis of toxin.
  • Fass et al. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 43, 83-88 (1995) describe a two stage process in which glucose and iron are simultaneously depleted at the end of the exponential growth phase, and toxin is thus produced only once the culture enters stationary phase.
  • controlled glucose addition enables toxin to be produced during the late exponential phase as well as during the stationary phase by prolonging the late exponential and early stationary phases, and as a result enables toxin to be produced and accumulated for a longer time thereby increasing the cumulative toxin production capacity of a culture.
  • the method may be used to produce diphtheria toxin both from its natural producer, C. diphtheriae and also from other microbial hosts, such as bacteria for example E. coli transformed with toxin genes or modified toxin genes.
  • the fed batch fermentation method is particularly applicable for the production of diphtheria toxin by toxin producing strains of C. diphtheriae because of the inhibitory effect which certain nutrients or their metabolites may have on toxin production, if their concentration is not controlled carefully.
  • the fed batch method of the invention thus enables a low level of glucose to be maintained in the medium whilst at the same time providing the necessary carbon source required for growth.
  • glucose levels may be controlled to achieve a balance between on the one hand providing sufficient and efficient carbon source to support bacterial growth, and toxin production, and on the other hand limiting the generation of inhibitory fermentation by-products which can have a detrimental effect on toxin production.
  • glucose By adding glucose to the fermentation medium as required during the fermentation, the pH can be controlled using the organic acids produced from glucose metabolism without the additional complication of adding exogenous inorganic acid, whilst enabling toxin to be produced during both the exponential and stationary growth phases.
  • glucose can be used both as a source of acid and as a carbon source to increase cell density.
  • growth is initiated in a glucose-based medium comprising conventional levels of glucose, for example within the range 0.8 to 2.5% such as about 1.5% glucose.
  • glucose is added to the culture medium during the fermentation, commencing during the exponential growth phase or during the stationary phase at such time as is required to maintain the pH within a range optimal for for microorganism growth and toxin production, preferably from 7.0 to 7.5, preferably from 7.1 to 7.3, for example at around 7.2.
  • certain acidic substances are by products of glucose metabolism, and these acids assist in controlling the pH of the fermentation medium.
  • the pH may additionally be controlled by addition of acid or base as appropriate to maintain the pH of the culture at an appropriate level for toxin expression, for example at about pH 7.2 ⁇ 0.2.
  • the progress of fermentation may be monitored by measuring various parameters indicative of bacterial growth and toxin production either in samples aseptically removed from the culture vessels or by direct measurement in the fermentation broth.
  • pH may be monitored within the fermentation broth by means of a pH probe.
  • Glucose may be monitored by a variety of methods known in the art, either directly or indirectly, for example methods described in clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 18 Edn, John Bernard Henry, Editor, WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1991.
  • Examples of direct measurement include sugar assays for example those based on chemical reactions such as for example enzymic reactions, for example reactions based on the use of glucose oxidase, such as colorimetric reactions.
  • Examples include measurement by means of dipsticks for example glucose chemstrip BG from Boehringer Mannheim and use of an on-line glucose monitor. Since pH has been shown to decrease in proportion to glucose consumption, glucose may also be monitored indirectly by monitoring pH of the broth. Toxin production may be monitored in a variety of known ways, such as for example, SDS PAGE (Laemmli, Nature 227, 680-684, 1970), ELISA (Nielsen et al, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 25, 1280-1284, 1987) or an ADP-ribosylation assay (Blanke et al., Biochemistry 33, 5155 (1994) or by a combination of these methods.
  • glucose addition will commence when the level of glucose in the medium drops to levels such that, but for the addition of glucose to generate acidic byproducts, acid would need to be added to control the pH of the fermentation medium.
  • additional glucose may be added when the level of glucose in the fermentation medium drops below about 10 g/L, preferably below 2 g/L and more particularly below about 1 g/L.
  • the exponential growth phase of the culture is extended and the pH of the media decreased by increased metabolism of glucose.
  • glucose feeding may be used to control pH and stabilise the toxin as well as to maintain growth of culture to obtain high cell density.
  • C. diphtheriae In addition to a carbon source, there are other minimum nutritional requirements for growth of C. diphtheriae. These include trace metals, phosphate and a nitrogen source. Generally casamino acids and yeast extract are included in bacterial growth media to provide a nitrogen and amino acid source. Growth media for C. diphtheriae, such as CY medium (Fass et al., Applied Micobiol. Biotechnol. 43, 83-88 (1995)) generally contains at least 2% yeast extract. We have however found that increasing the carbon to nitrogen ratio by reducing the amount of yeast extract below this conventional level, to between 0.5-1.5% such as between 0.75 to 1% for example around 1% yeast extract, improves the fed batch fermentation method according to the invention.
  • a growth medium containing no more than 1% yeast extract is a preferred aspect of the method.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for purifying diphtheria toxin from a culture supernatant of a toxin producing bacterial strain.
  • Diphtheria toxin is secreted in large quantities from synthesising bacteria such as corynebacteria; it can reach up to 70% of the total protein in the culture medium. This level is sufficiently high that for small, laboratory scale cultures, a straightforward precipitation for example using ammonium sulphate of trichloroacetic acid of the culture medium may be effective alone to purify the toxin.
  • difficulties are encountered when using large scale cultures. The precipitation steps are time consuming and due to difficulties in handling and dialysing such large volumes of material, there is loss of toxin product.
  • We have now developed a purification method which is capable of handling large volumes of material and overcomes these disadvantages.
  • the present invention provides a method of purifying diphtheria toxin from a culture of toxin producing microorganism, said method comprising contacting a toxin containing preparation with an ion exchange matrix, eluting a fraction containing the toxin, applying the eluate to a hydrophobic matrix, and eluting a fraction containing the toxin.
  • the starting material for purification may for example be a toxin containing supernatant, a toxin containing cellular fraction or a toxin containing preparation derived from a culture supernatant, for example a concentrated supernatant, such as an ultrafiltered supernatant, or a diafiltered supernatant.
  • the ion exchange step is performed after the hydrophobic interaction chromatography step, because the art taught that culture supernatant cannot be directly applied to an ion exchange matrix, such as DEAE cellulose.
  • ion exchange matrix such as DEAE cellulose.
  • Such matrices are capable of binding proteins only under conditions of low ionic strength, and it has thus been thought that the ionic strength of culture medium would be too high to achieve efficient binding (Rappuoli et al, J. Chromatography, 268, 543-548, 1983).
  • a culture supernatant onto an ion exchange matrix, such as immobilised DEAE.
  • an ion exchange matrix such as immobilised DEAE.
  • the culture supernatant is diafiltered prior to applying to the column.
  • IEC ion exchange chromatography
  • HIC hydrophobic interaction chromatography
  • diafiltration may serve as a purification step.
  • the present invention provides a method of purifying diphtheria toxin from a culture of toxin producing microorganism said method comprising chromatographic steps of ion exchange chromatography and hydrophobic interaction chromatography, characterised in that said method comprises carrying out an ion exchange chromatography before hydrophobic interaction chromatography.
  • the starting material is a culture supernatant for example a culture supernatant from a culture which is fermented using glucose as a carbon source in accordance with the invention.
  • a culture supernatant for example a culture supernatant from a culture which is fermented using glucose as a carbon source in accordance with the invention.
  • the use of lower amounts of yeast extract than is conventional at least in glucose culture media, for example about 1% has additional advantages besides improved yield.
  • yeast extract contributes to pigmentation of the growth medium, contributing to contaminants which can make the subsequent purification process less effective. Accordingly, the ability to reduce the levels of contaminants at the outset represents an advantage for subsequent purification.
  • Culture media with lower yeast content are less pigmented, and accordingly advantageous.
  • the present invention provides a method of purifying diphtheria toxin comprising
  • the microorganism is a bacteria, such as C. diphtheriae.
  • the method may be carried out directly on culture supernatant or on a preparation derived therefrom such as for example a diafiltered culture supernatant.
  • a preliminary step may involve a primary clarification of the culture broth to obtain a toxin-containing culture supernatant.
  • bacteria may be separated from the culture broth by methods known in the art, such as centrifugation or filtration, for example, ultrafiltration, and the resulting supernatant diafiltered or applied directly to the first matrix, the ion exchange matrix.
  • toxin may be found intracellularly, for example in the periplasm or cytoplasm. In such cases, primary recovery steps may depend upon the cellular location.
  • the toxin may be extracted from the cells by methods known in the art, for example as described by Skopes in Protein Purification, Principles and Practice, 3rd edn, Pub: Springer Verlag, followed by purification in accordance with the method of the invention.
  • Filtration to clarify the fermentation broth may be effected by methods known in the art, for example with membranes such as hollow fibre or spiral wound membranes, such as by means of a 0.1 or 0.2 ⁇ m filter, for example a hollow fiber filter, such as that obtainable from A/G Technology, or a 0.4 or 0.65 ⁇ m hollow fibre or spiral wound membrane, or a 300K or 500K filter.
  • membranes such as hollow fibre or spiral wound membranes
  • a hollow fiber filter such as that obtainable from A/G Technology
  • a 0.4 or 0.65 ⁇ m hollow fibre or spiral wound membrane such as that obtainable from A/G Technology
  • a degree of concentration of the supernatant may be effected prior to the ion exchange step.
  • the cell free culture supernatant may be concentrated, generally 5 to 50 fold, preferably 15 to 25 fold, such as 20 fold, using protein concentration methods known in the art, for example by means of ultrafiltration with porous materials for example in the form of filters, membranes or hollow fibres.
  • filters are preferred.
  • filters having a molecular weight cut off smaller, preferably 20% smaller than the toxin are preferred, preferably 30K filters (i.e. filters which have a 30000 dalton molecular weight cut off).
  • Suitable materials for such filters are known in the art and include polymeric materials such as mixed cellulose, polyether sulfone or PVDF, for example polysaccharides such as cellulose, and polysulfones. Preferred materials are those which have a lower capacity or ability to absorb toxin.
  • Cellulose filters are particularly preferred, for example filters made from regenerated cellulose such as the 'YM' based filters and other membranes which have little protein binding capacity for example the Flat plate tangential flow bioconcentrators produced by Amicon. The use of cellulose filters for ultrafiltration thus constitutes a preferred aspect of the purification method according to the invention.
  • IEC may be carried out directly on the culture supernatant, using an appropriately sized bed volume as determined by one skilled in the art.
  • the concentrated clarified supernatant may be further treated prior to chromatographic purification, for example by diafiltration.
  • ionic strength may be reduced by removing salts and other ions smaller than the molecular weight cut off size of the diafiltration membrane.
  • the reduction in ionic strength has benefits for the ensuing ion exchange step, since at reduced ionic strength, less toxin is retained by the ion exchange matrix and yield is thus improved.
  • a partial purification is achieved by the diafiltration membrane.
  • Diafiltration may thus be carried out against a low ionic strength buffer, for example Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS and phosphate, in a concentration of from about 0.1 mM to about 100 mM, preferably from about 10 to about 50 mM, for example 10 mM, having a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.4 to 7.6, using for example a 30 000 cut off membrane which will result in removal of salts, low molecular weight media components and secreted proteins less than 30 000 dalton molecular weight.
  • a low ionic strength buffer for example Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS and phosphate
  • Diafiltration may be carried out for example using materials of the type used for the ultrafiltration step, against buffers such as low ionic strength buffers such as Tris, Tricine, MES, BiS-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate, in a concentration of from about 0.1 mM to about 100 mM, preferably from about 10 to about 50 mM, for example 10 mM, having a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.4 to 7.6, for example 10 mM potassium phosphate pH 7.6 so as to reduce the conductivity of the concentrated culture supernatant as low as possible, preferably below about 5 mS/cm.
  • buffers such as low ionic strength buffers such as Tris, Tricine, MES, BiS-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate
  • concentration of from about 0.1 mM to about 100 mM preferably from about 10 to about 50 mM, for example 10 mM, having a pH of from about 5 to about
  • a further advantage is that toxin purification according to the method of the invention is faster overall than the conventional method, thus limiting the time during which the toxin is exposed to room temperature and vulnerable to degradation.
  • the chromatographic steps may be carried out using ion exchange or hydrophobic matrices as appropriate in batch or column form, the latter being preferred for both speed and convenience.
  • the matrix may be a conventional support as known in the art for example inert supports based on cellulose, polystyrene, acrylamide, silica, fluorocarbons, cross-linked dextran or cross-linked agarose.
  • Any conventional ion exchange resin may be used.
  • anion exchange material may be packed into a column, whose size will be dependent upon the volume of culture supernatant to be used.
  • the appropriate column size may be determined by those skilled in the art according to the total protein in the concentrated media. Generally, for large scale cultures of the order of 40 - 50 litres, 2 litre supernatant concentrates may be applied to columns of volume 1.25 l.
  • the column may first be equilibrated with a buffer for example a low ionic strength buffer such as Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate, in a concentration of from about 0.1 mM to about 100 mM, preferably from about 10 to about 50 mM, for example 10 mM, having a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.4 to 7.6, for example the buffer used to diafilter the concentrated supernatant, such as 10 mM potassium phosphate pH 7.6.
  • the culture supernatant or concentrate may then be loaded, the column washed with a buffer of low ionic strength and the same pH as the equilibration buffer to wash off any unbound protein, for example the equilibration buffer.
  • Bound toxin may then be eluted in a variety of ways. These include altering the pH or increasing the ionic strength of the buffer. Thus toxin may be eluted by a gradient increase of buffer with high ionic strength, such as Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate, in a concentration of from about 10 mM to about 1.0 M, preferably from about 10 mM to about 500 mM, containing salts like NaCl, KCl or ammonium sulphate at a concentration of from about 0.1M to 1.0M. These buffers may have a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.0 to 7.6.
  • a preferred buffer is 10 mM potassium phosphate containing 500 mM KCl at pH 7.6.
  • the protein will be eluted between 100 to 150 mM KCl in the buffer.
  • the toxin containing eluate may then be applied to the hydrophobic matrix.
  • the ionic strength of the eluate may be increased prior to the second hydrophobic interaction step, by mixing with a buffer of appropriate ionic strength or by diafiltration. This may facilitate binding of toxin to the hydrophobic resin.
  • the eluate may be mixed with a high ionic strength buffer for example Tris, tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate,in a concentration of from about 10 mM to about 1.0M, preferably from about 10 mM to about 500 mM, containing salts like NaCl, KCl or ammonium sulphate at a concentration of about 0.1M to 1M.
  • the buffers may have a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.0 to 7.6.
  • a preferred buffer is 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer containing 500 mM ammonium sulphate with a pH of 7.0.
  • Diafiltration may be carried out using methods known in the art, for example using ultrafiltration membranes, such as 30K or 10K cut off hollowfibre filters obtainable from A/G technology or spiral wound filters from Amicon, or Ultrasette (Omega) (Pall Filtron)and using buffers such as the aforementioned tris, phosphate, acetate or HEPES.
  • Hydrophobic matrices are known in the art. These include the aforementioned supports carrying hydrophobic moieties such as alkyl, for example butyl, hexyl, octyl, acetyl or phenyl groups, for example alkyl agarose such as decyl agarose.
  • the hydrophobic matrix material may be packed into a column, whose size will be dependent upon the volume of culture supernatant to be used.
  • the appropriate column size may be determined by those skilled in the art.
  • the eluate from the IEC step will be generally in a volume of 11 to 2l and will be applied to columns whose size may be determined by those skilled in the art according to the amount of protein, but may be of the order of 250 ml for protein concentration of up to 100 mg/ml.
  • the column may first be equilibrated with a high ionic strength buffer, for example Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate, in a concentration of from about 10 mM to about 1.0 M, preferably from about 10 mM to about 500 mM, containing salts like NaCl, KCl or ammonium sulphate at a concentration of about 0.1M to 1.0M, having a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.6, for example the buffer used to diafilter the concentrated supernatant or the buffer mixed with the eluate, such as for example 50 mm potassium phosphate with 1M ammonium sulphate pH 7.0.
  • a high ionic strength buffer for example Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate
  • the IEC eluate, or eluate mixed with high ionic strength buffer or diafiltered eluate may then be loaded, the column washed with a high ionic strength buffer for example Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate, in a concentration of from about 10 mM to about 1.0 M, preferably from about 10 mM to about 500 mM, containing salts like NaCl, KCl or ammonium sulphate at a concentration of about 0.1 M to 1.0 M, having a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.6, such as for example the column equilibration buffer to remove any unbound proteins.
  • a high ionic strength buffer for example Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate
  • Bound toxin may then be eluted in a variety of ways for example by gradient increase of a polar solvent in the wash buffer or by gradient increase of a low ionic strength buffer, for example Tris, Tricine, MES, Bis-Tris, TES, MOPS or phosphate, in a concentration of from about 10 mM to about 1.0 M, preferably from about 10 mM to about 500 mM, containing salts like NaCl, KCl or ammonium sulphate at a concentration of about 0.1M to 1.0M, having a pH of from about 5 to about 8, preferably from about 6 to about 8 for example about 7.6, for example 50 mM phosphate containing 1M ammonium sulphate pH 7.0 to 50 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.0 without ammonium sulphate.
  • Toxin may be eluted in such a gradient as the ammonium sulphate concentration is reduced to approximately 700 mM.
  • diphtheria toxin mutant CRM107 By using the method of the invention, we have been able to purify diphtheria toxin mutant CRM107 from large volumes of culture supernatant, of the order of 50 l with an average yield of 32% of the starting material and purity greater than 98% as measured by HPSEC (high performance size exclusion chromatography). This for the first time enables the properties of diphtheria toxin mutants such as the binding mutant CRM107 to be exploited for preparing therapeutic products.
  • HPSEC high performance size exclusion chromatography
  • the toxin may conveniently be eluted with a buffer suitable for carrying out the conjugation or attachment of the toxin with a cell specific binding or targeting moiety, for example a cell recognition moiety such as an antibody to a cell surface moiety or an antigen binding fragment thereof or a protein which has a binding partner on the cell surface for example in the form of a receptor, such receptors having some degree of selectivity, i.e. being present on some but not all cell types.
  • a cell specific binding or targeting moiety for example a cell recognition moiety such as an antibody to a cell surface moiety or an antigen binding fragment thereof or a protein which has a binding partner on the cell surface for example in the form of a receptor, such receptors having some degree of selectivity, i.e. being present on some but not all cell types.
  • 'cell specific' or 'cell selective' refers to a moiety which has a targeting or binding affinity for a cell surface moiety which is not present on all cells, and thus which is selective for certain cells or groups or types of cells or specific receptors. In other words, it encompasses a moiety which enables a diphtheria toxin or mutant toxin conjugated to it to be targeted selectively.
  • a process for preparing a diphtheria toxin conjugate comprises linking a diphtheria toxin produced by the method of the invention with a cell specific binding or targeting moiety.
  • cell specific moieties include antibodies to moieties exposed on the surface of particular cells, and proteins such as growth factors or transferrin whose binding partners in the form of receptors are expressed only on particular cell types, or predominantly only on specific cell types.
  • Conjugation may be effected by methods known in the art such as chemical cross-linking or covalent bond formation.
  • the conjugation is be means of covalent bond formation for example between maleimido groups introduced onto one component of the conjugate and thiol groups introduced onto the other.
  • one of the two components is modified by introduction of maleimide groups and the other is modified by means of introduction of thiol groups.
  • the diphtheria toxin or mutant is modified by means of maleimide groups and the cell specific targeting moiety by means of thiol groups.
  • the cell selective moiety is transferrin since transferrin receptors are expressed in quantity in rapidly dividing cells such as glioma cells but are essentially absent on other cells in the CNS.
  • the diphtheria toxin element is modified with maleimide and the transferrin element with thiol groups.
  • diphtheria toxin element may be modificed with thiol groups and the transferrin element with maleimide.
  • modifying agents known in the art may be used. Examples include esterifying compounds, thiol activating compounds and carboxyl modifying agents such as N ethyl maleimide and maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester (MBS) and 2-iminothiolane.
  • esterifying compounds such as N ethyl maleimide and maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester (MBS) and 2-iminothiolane.
  • MBS maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester
  • MBS may be added to diphtheria toxin in a ratio of from 1 to 100 times molar excess, such as 2 to 5 preferably 3.5 times, incubated at a temperature of 2 to 50°C for example 15 to 20°C such as room temperature, for 5 minutes to 24 hours, such as from 20 to 40 minutes such as 30 minutes followed by removal of excess reagent by techniques known in the art such as gel filtration for example using Sephadex G-25 desalting.
  • the eluate may then be cooled prior to the conjugation reaction. Crude intermediates may be removed prior to conjugation by methods known in the art such as precipitation, dialysis, chromatography, extraction.
  • Transferrin may be thiolated by means of incubation with 2-iminothiolane in a ratio of 1 to 100 times molar excess, such as 5 to 10 times molar excess preferably 7 to 8 times such as 7.7 times at a temperature of 2 to 50 °C, for example 35-40°C, for 5 minutes to 24 hours, such as 20 to 40 minutes such as 30 minutes followed by removal of excess reagent by techniques known in the art such as gel filtration.
  • the two functionalised reagents may be mixed in a ratio of 1 to 2 preferably at a temperature of 2 to 8 °C for 4 to 24 hours, preferably 12 to 20 hours, for example 18 hours.
  • a method of treatment of a CNS neoplasm comprises administering to a subject a diphtheria toxin conjugate produced by the method described herein.
  • a diphtheria toxin conjugate produced by the method described herein can be used in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of CNS neoplasm.
  • the composition of the five media analysed are shown in Table 1, showing variations in the type and amount of the carbon source, the amount of yeast extract and substitution of cysteine for cystine.
  • the media were based on NIH medium (which comprises 20g/L yeast extract, 20 g/L casamino acids, 5 g/l KH 2 PO 4 , 15 g/L glucose, 0.7 g/l cystine, 0.1 g/L tryptophan,1.5 mg/L beta alanine, 1.5 mg/L nicotinic acid, 0.075 mg/L pimelic acid, 0.03 ml of 10mM HCl, and 10 ml/l metals supplement solution at pH 7.4).
  • NIH medium which comprises 20g/L yeast extract, 20 g/L casamino acids, 5 g/l KH 2 PO 4 , 15 g/L glucose, 0.7 g/l cystine, 0.1 g/L tryptophan,1.5 mg/L beta alanine, 1.5 mg/L nico
  • the inoculum for (A) was grown in 100 mL of LICY medium (Mueller et al, J. Immunol 40, 21-32, 1941) in 500 mL flasks, supplemented with glucose at the concentration of 0.8% (w/v). The cultures were incubated at 34 ⁇ 2°C at 300 ⁇ 50 rpm for 14.5 hours, at which time the OD 590 was 11.5 and the fermenter was inoculated to a 1.5% (v/v) inoculum.
  • the inoculum for (B) and (C) was prepared as follows: Two vials containing 1.0 mL of a glycerol frozen culture of Corynebacterium diphtheriae ( ⁇ tox + ), were inoculated into a 500 mL flask containing 100 mL ⁇ 10.0 mL of sterile LICY (NM5) media and incubated at 34 ⁇ 2°C at 300 ⁇ 50 rpm. The above was carried out in triplicate, which included a back-up inoculum culture. After 15 hours of incubation, the optical density and a Gram stain of the shake flask contents were performed. The optical density at 590 nm of the pooled cultures was 3.4 and 3.9. The Gram stain showed Gram positive rods that were mostly club shaped, indicative of C . diphtheriae. The fermenters were inoculated to a 5% (v/v) inoculum with these pooled cultures.
  • the inoculum for (D) and (E) were prepared as follows: Two vials containing 1.0 mL of a glycerol frozen culture of Corynebacterium diphtheriae ( ⁇ tox + ), were inoculated into each of 2.8L Fernbach flask containing 250 mL ⁇ 10.0 mL of sterile LICY (NM5) media without a carbon source in duplicates, and incubated at 34 ⁇ 2°C at 300 ⁇ 50 rpm. One of the flask contained cysteine with 2% yeast extract (for the inoculation of D) and the other contained cystine with 1% yeast extract (for the inoculation of E).
  • Additional inocula for the two fermentations were prepared in three 500 mL flasks each, to enable a pooled inoculum size of 5% (v/v) into the production fermenter. These were prepared from 300 ⁇ L of glycerol frozen culture of Corynebacterium diphtheriae ( ⁇ tox + ), were inoculated into a 500 mL flask containing 100 mL ⁇ 2.0 mL of sterile media identical to the fermentation media without the carbon source, and were incubated at 34 ⁇ 2°C at 300 ⁇ 50 rpm. Back-up inoculum cultures were prepared in triplicate in 500 mL flasks as above but in media containing 1.5% glucose.
  • the optical density and a Gram stain of the shake flask contents were performed.
  • the optical density at 590 nm of the cultures was 3.01 and 1.62 for D and E, respectively.
  • Gram stain showed Gram positive rods that were mostly club shaped, indicative of C. diphtheriae.
  • the fermenters were inoculated to a 5% (v/v) inoculum with these.
  • Optical density was measured using the Pharmacia Ultrospec 4000 UV/Visible spectrophotometer set at 590 nm. Milli Q water was used to set the reference blank and for diluting the culture as required. Residual glucose concentration was estimated with a glucose Chemstrip BG from Boehringer Mannheim.
  • Temperature and pH were measured directly inside the fermenter using a PT100 temperature probe and a Bradley James pH probe, respectively. RPM was measured directly off the agitation shaft of the fermenter. Aeration was measured using a rotameter.
  • C. diphtheriae grew to a final OD 590 of 25 to 28 in 14 hours in the three batch fermentation processes. Growth was initially slower in the 2.4% glucose medium, which might have been due to a 'culture shock' following transfer of the innoculum from a medium without carbon source. Growth of C. diphtheriae in the two fed-batch fermentation processes was faster in the glucose+cysteine medium than in the glucose+cystine medium. However, the growth rate as well as the final OD 590 were essentially the same (Fig. 1b).
  • the production of CRM107 during the course of the fermentation was analysed both by SDS-PAGE, ELISA and ADP-ribosylation assay.
  • the 1.5% glucose/2.4% maltose medium supported a yield of 5S mg/L (ELISA data) after 12 hours of fermentation (Fig. 2), which was the highest production achieved for the Batch processes.
  • the 2.4% glucose medium was trailing behind in both growth and CRM107 production, by approximately 4 hours, consequently the production was delayed.
  • the long lag phase may be due to the culture shock due to the high glucose concentration in the medium, particularly when the inoculum was grown in the absence of a carbon source. Despite this delay production began at 12 hours and continued to 13 hours., and could have perhaps continued a while longer.
  • CRM107 yield is significantly higher than that obtained from glycerol fermentation (data not shown), with an increase of approximately 14-fold in the post-fermentation CRM107 concentration as measured by SDS PAGE.
  • CRM107 concentration by the ADP-ribosylation assay.
  • the results are shown in Table 3, comparing the concentration of CRM107 determined by ELISA and ADP-ribosylation assay.
  • the product obtained is shown in the ADP-ribosylation assay to be biologically active.
  • Glucose fed-batch (1.5% glucose) containing 1% yeast extract results in optimum toxin production.
  • CRM107 Primary recovery of CRM107 produced from a fermentation of corynebacterium diphtheriae ( ⁇ Tox + )
  • CRM107 was recovered from fermentation broth by two steps. The first aims at clarifying the fermentation broth, using a 0.1 ⁇ m or 0.2 ⁇ m A/G Technology hollow fiber filter. The second step achieves an approximate 10-fold concentration of the cell-free fermentation broth, using a 30K A/G Technology hollow fiber membrane. This concentrated clarified fermentation broth is then used as the starting material for the purification of CRM107 (see Example 3).
  • the fermentation broth used to optimize the primary recovery of CRM107 was obtained from a 50-L glucose fed-batch fermentation of C. diphtheriae ( ⁇ tox + ), as in Example 1. Twenty liters of the fermentation broth was clarified using the 0.1 ⁇ m A/G Technology hollow fiber filter.
  • scheme #2 the other 550-mL batch was diafiltered using a 10K A/GT hollow fiber filter, and the volume kept at approximately 500 mL with constant addition of 10 mM phosphate buffer. Diafiltration was stopped when the conductivity of the retentate was less than 5 mS/cm (3.97 mS/cm). A total of approximately 2 L of permeate was collected. The aim of scheme #2 was to minimize CRM107 loss during diafiltration. Diafiltration was to reduce salt interference during later stages of purification (such as ion exchange chromatography).
  • the primary recovery optimization was using 1.8 mL samples taken at the start and end of the process for analysis of CRM 107 recovery and process efficiency. Samples were immediately frozen in cryogenic vials at -70 ⁇ 5°C and subsequently analyzed by SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focussing, Western blot, and HP-SEC.
  • IEF analysis of the retentate samples was carried out using the Pharmacia Ampholine PAG plate (pI 4-6.5), with pI markers ranging from 3.6-6.6. Samples were appropriately diluted between 1 to 5 fold. Twenty microliters of the mixture were loaded on a gel, and electrophoresed at a voltage of 2000 V, at 25 mA, for 2.5 h.
  • the final samples of the recovery optimization process obtained after the diafiltration step, were analyzed by HP-SEC to evaluate the degree of purity of the product and the impact of the process on pigment removal.
  • One hundred microliters of the samples were loaded on the column and the chromatograph monitored at a wavelength of 280 nm.
  • the CRM107 peak eluted with a retention time of about 9.3 min.
  • the % peak area was used to estimate product purity.
  • CRM107 primary recovery Six optimization schemes of CRM107 primary recovery were evaluated for product recovery and process efficiency in facilitating the subsequent purification of CRM107.
  • the criteria applied for the primary recovery were (i) to achieve a 5-10 fold concentration of the 0.1 ⁇ m-clarified fermentation broth with an ultrafiltration step, and (ii) to reduce the conductivity of the concentrated broth to below 5 mS/cm with a diafiltration step.
  • CRM107 purification protocol has traditionally involved two chromatographic processes.
  • First is HIC which leads to the greatest fold-purification, removing most of the contaminating pigment in the process, but has the disadvantage of the greatest drop in yield.
  • a crude, frozen preparation of CRM107 consists of 20 L of cell free fermentation broth from a 50 L fermentation concentrated across a 30K hollow-fibre filter to yield 2 L of retentate. This was diafiltered further (using a 10K Omega Ultrasette) to equilibrate the pH and conductivity with Buffer C(10 mM Potassium Phosphate, pH 7.6 ⁇ 0.2); the resulting 400 mL retentate was split into 200 mL aliquots for storage at -70°C. Prior to the initial chromatographic step each lot was thawed at approximately 27°C; hereafter the procedures differ.
  • LOT A The sample purified according to the traditional protocol is referred to as LOT A while the one subjected to the alternate procedure is labelled LOT B.
  • a Pharmacia DEAE FF column (V c ⁇ 220 mL) was equilibrated with Buffer C prior to loading the 700 mL sample. It was then washed with four V c of Buffer C. Bound CRM107 was eluted with a linear gradient of 0-50% Buffer D (10 mM Potassium Phosphate, 500 mM KCl, pH 7.6 ⁇ 0.2) carried out over ten V c with concurrent collection of 90 mL fractions. It was then washed with five Vc of 100% D. After HP-SEC analysis, it was decided to pool fractions 12-16; the resulting purity was approximately 69.8% (calculated from the Peak Area and Area Percent of each fraction). Each pool/fraction was collected and stored @ 2-8 °C until further processing.
  • Buffer D 10 mM Potassium Phosphate, 500 mM KCl, pH 7.6 ⁇ 0.2
  • a Pharmacia DEAE FF column (V c ⁇ 220 mL) was equilibrated with Buffer C prior to loading the 700 mL sample. It was then washed with four V c of Buffer C. Bound CRM107 was eluted with a linear gradient of 0-50% Buffer D carried out over ten V c with concurrent collection of 90 mL fractions. It was then washed with five V c of 100% D. After HP-SEC analysis, it was decided to pool fractions 15 & 16; the resulting purity is 94.9% (95.6% if calculated from the Peak Area and Area Percent of each fraction as per Section 2, LOT B). Each pool/fraction was collected and stored @ 2-8 °C until further processing.
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae C7( ⁇ tox-107 ) was received from Dr. Richard Youle, NIH, and was used for production of CRM107.
  • C.diphtheriae C7 (-) was used for amplification and titration of ⁇ -phages.
  • the plasmid pUC19 (Gibco, Paisley, UK) was used as vector for cloning of the CRM107 gene and E.coli DH5 ⁇ (Gibco), E.coli HB2151 (Pharmacia Biotech, Uppsala, Sweden), E.coli TG 1 (Pharmacia Biotech) and E.coli RR1 ⁇ M15 (ATCC 35102) were used for expression of CRM107.
  • ⁇ -phages DNA was prepared as described by Greenfield, L., Bjorn, M.J., Horn, G. Fong, D., Buck, G.A., Collier, R.J. and Kaplan D.A. (1983) Proc. Natl Acad Sci USA 80, 6853-6857 with minor modifications. Briefly, ⁇ -phages were isolated from the medium of C. diphtheriae C7 ( ⁇ tox-107 ) and amplified in C.diphtheriae C7 (-). The cells were removed by centrifugation at 2500g, and the medium was further clarified by centrifugation at 1500g.
  • Polyethylene glycol 8000 and NaCl were added to concentration of 6% and 0.5 M, respectively, to the phage-containing supernatant.
  • the phages were precipitated by incubation on ice for 2 hours and recovered by centrifugation at 15000g for 20 min.
  • the phages (10 11 pfu) suspended in 100 mM Tris-HCl, pH7.5, 100mM NaCl, 25 mM EDTA were incubated with 1 mg/ml pronase (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) for 2 hours at 37°C and then extracted with an equal volume of phenol:chloroform:isoamylalcohol (49.5:49,5:1).
  • the aqueous phase was precipitated with cold ethanol after addition of Na-acetate to a concentration of 0.3 M.
  • the plasmid pEtox was transformed to different E.coli strains by electroporation.
  • the bacteria are grown at 37°C in accordance with the invention.
  • the cells are harvested by centrifugation, and whole cell extracts made by disintegration of the cells in a French Press. Fractionation of the cells was performed by first isolating the periplasma proteins from freshly grown cells by osmotic shock. Nossal,. N.G. and Heppel, L.A. (1966) J . Biol Chem 241 , 3055-3062.
  • the residual was disintegrated in a French Press, and the membrane fraction separated from the cytoplasma by centrifugation.
  • CRM107 was conjugated with transferrin according to published methods, including the method described in US-5728383.
  • transferrin concentration approximately 20 mg/ml
  • 2-IT concentration approximately 7 mg/ml
  • the amount of 2-IT added was 7.7 times molar excess of transferrin.
  • the reaction was quenched by placing the mixture at 5°C followed by desalting on a Sephadex G25 column.
  • the MBS substituted CRM107 (141 mg) and 2-IT substituted transferrin (293 mg) in the ratio of 1:2 were mixed together and incubated at 5°C for 18 hours.
  • the conjugated was purified by ion exchange chromatography using Q Sepharose Fast Flow followed by gel filtration on Superdex 200 column.
  • conjugate was loaded onto 100 ml Q Sepharose Fast Flow column, equilibrated with sodium phosphate (0.05M) buffer at pH 7.6.
  • the conjugate was eluted with 300 ml (3 column volumes) of elution buffer consisting of 70% equilibration buffer and 30% Buffer B (0.1M sodium phosphate, 1.5M sodium chloride pH 7.4).
  • Buffer B 0.1M sodium phosphate, 1.5M sodium chloride pH 7.4

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  1. Verfahren zur Reinigung von Diphtheriatoxin aus einer Kultur eines Toxinproduzierenden Mikroorganismus, wobei man bei diesem Verfahren ein Toxin-haltiges Präparat mit einer Ionenaustauschermatrix in Kontakt bringt, eine Toxin-haltige Fraktion eluiert, das Eluat auf eine hydrophobe Matrix aufträgt und eine Toxin-haltige Fraktion eluiert.
  2. Verfahren zur Reinigung von Diphtheriatoxin aus einer Kultur eines Toxinproduzierenden Mikroorganismus, wobei dieses Verfahren chromatographische Schritte einer Ionenaustauschchromatographie und einer Chromatographie durch hydrophobe Wechselwirkungen umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass man bei diesem Verfahren eine Ionenaustauscherchromatographie vor einer Chromatographie durch hydrophobe Wechselwirkungen durchführt.
  3. Verfahren zur Reinigung von Diphtheriatoxin, wobei man
    (1) einen Mikroorganismenstamm fermentiert, der zur Produktion von Diphtheriatoxin unter Verwendung von Glukose als Kohlenstoffquelle befähigt ist, wobei man bei diesem Verfahren Glukose zu der wachsenden Kultur gibt, wobei die Glukosezugabe das Mikroorganismuswachstum aufrecht erhält um die Diphtheriatoxin-Produktion zu unterstützen; und man
    (2) das Diphtheriatoxin aus der Kultur dadurch reinigt, dass man ein davon abgeleitetes Toxin-haltiges Präparat mit einer Ionenaustauschermatrix in Kontakt bringt, eine Toxin-haltige Fraktion eluiert, das Eluat auf eine hydrophobe Matrix aufträgt und eine Toxin-haltige Fraktion eluiert.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei das Toxin-haltige Präparat ein Kulturüberstand oder eine Fraktion davon ist.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Toxin-haltige Material vor dem Ionenaustausch konzentriert wird.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Ionenstärke vor dem Ionenaustausch verringert wird.
  7. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Diphtheriatoxin eine Mutante ist.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, wobei das mutierte Toxin eine cytotoxische A-Untereinheit aufweist.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, wobei das mutierte Toxin CRM 107 ist.
  10. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Mikroorganismus Corynebacterium diphtheriae ist.
  11. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei der Mikroorganismus E. coli ist.
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